Railway-tie.



J. KLUSMEYER.

RAILWAY m. D

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 10. 1907. V v

919,886, V L I Patented Apr. 27, 1909.

M W/ ru -s55): I I vzA/rog UN ITEI) I STATES JOHN KLL'BBIEYPIR. OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification 0! Letter: ?atent.

Patented April 21, 1009.

Application filed September 10, 1907. Serial No. 892.153.

To all 'OIJI'IOIIZ it may emu-writ:

Be it known that l, Jonx KLrsnmvi-m. a (-lliZl'll of the l'nited States, residing at Buffalo, in the eounty of Erie and State of New York. have invented new and useful improvements in lZailway- 'lies, of whieh the following is a specification.

.\l v invention relates to improvements in railway ties and to means .fnr securing the railroad rails thereto.

The objeet. of my invention is to provide a metal tie which may be formed from a single hit piece by a single operation. and taprovide means for securing and lurking a rail thereto by the employment of a single niece.

Referring to the drawings herewith l igure 1 is a plan view of my improvementshowing the sections of twr mils in-place. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, the rails being shown in r-eetion. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line i:--: of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective of my Fig. 5 is a plan view of a portion of a tie. Fig. 6 is a section on the. line 1," y of Fig. 2.

i represents the tie nroperwhieh is fornu-d from a single piece of llat. metal ent into the shape of an inverted U, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 6. The, edges of the tie may be provided with downward extending portions 2 to engage. with the roadbed to prevent lateral movement of the tie. To form the seats for the rails and the necessary means for looking the rails to the tie, the body of the tie is provided with the punohings 3, 3 as clearly shown in Fig. 5. The intervening portion 4 is bent downwardly as clearly shown in Fig. 3. 'lhe'rreseent-shaped lips 5 thus formed are bent slightly upward to permit the seating of the rails upon the that portious 6 formed by the punohings 3 and the dow wnrd bending of the portion 4. The seat for iho rail being I thus formed, the rail is plac.-d thereon and shoved outwardly so that the base on one :-'l(l( of the rail engages underneath the outer lip or log 5,,and the rail is now in position ready to be locked.

l n the accompanying drawings I have shown the rails as being placed on their seats, and then being shoved outwardly to engage with the outer lips or lugs 5 but manifestly the rails might. be shoved inwardiv to engage with the inner lips or lugs 5 and the same re sults be thereby-attained.

The locking is attained b means of a wedge shaped block 7 clearly shown in Fig. 4,

the inner and under portion ol which is nonl'oruialile tothe l 1! -\:l.l\tl \\'(l)ol the rail and the outer portion I \Ylllt'll i; tapered and rouformuble to the inner iipor lug This blot-k is provided with a (l ltrl\)ll or noirh rlearlY shown at S in Fig. 4, so that hen it is driven into place the lip 5 upon the tie will engage in the notch S and prevent it from jarring: out or being otherwise removed than intentionally. 'lhe depres ion of the notch H is s huWn in lllt' figure murh exaggerated )uly a very slight depression is required to safely lock the bloek in place. In Fig. 4 I have hown :1 depending lug t) on the lower sul'l'are of the block 7. bloeh 7 is driven h me lug U is adapted to extend below the surl'aeo of the seat 6 and thus engaging the side of the rail 1 it will prevent block 7 from being driven-further than ullowed by the engaging walls of the rail and the lug. Inn: 1) may he provided with a slightly tapered inner surl'are H) or with a flat surl'aee at right angles to the lower surface of the block. )lunih-stly block 7 may be made with or without log it the advantage in using it depending soon-what on how much blork 7 is tapered.

1 i a (I l n shown in Figs. I and .2 as being set-tir d to one end of my lie I and broken oil at. 12. This plate 1] is designed to form a bottom support. for the lie and it 5 provided at either end with slots through E \vhieh the dmvnwardlv extending; portions 2 are adapted to pass and thus be llilt'llmfht'tl. The nui-essity of using the plates I I will del pend Vei') lar;, el upon the eondilions ol' the i rondbed. ln some'eases it ill be advantal geous to use. them and in other cases they may be omitted.

lt will thus be seen that bydetermining the punt-lungs in the tie proper the gage of U10 rails is absolutely obtained, thus insur l ing perfect gage and perfect parallelism of the rails. The. invention therefore. llllt'd l away entirely with the use of all spikes or 1 bolts and the ronstrui-tion by which the pol' l tion 4 is provided reinlon-ml the strength of l the tie dirortly underneath the rail and brovidcs a perfect support therefor.

l Having thus 'lesrrihed my invention what l l rlaimis: v

l. A railway tie formed from a single piece of metal having punehings therein and belnt.

into the form of an inverted U, seats for the l rails formed by the downwardly bent intertill.

too

vening set-tions between said punehings and two pairs of hps struck up out of the body of the tie overhanging said seats.

- and prevent lateral movement of the tie.

It. A railway tie formed fr m a single oiete f metal having pnnclungs therein and bent into the f rm of an inverted U, seats for the rails formed by the d wnwardly bent intervening sections between said pnnehings, two pairs of lips st ruck up out of the body of the tie overhanging said seats, and locking blot-ks adapted to engage with one side ot' the bases of the rails and one of eaeh pair of said lips.

4. A railwa' tie formed from a single pieee of metal liavin'g pnnehings therein and bent into the form ot an inverted U, seats for the railsformed by the downwardly bent. intervening sections between said punchings, two pairs of lips struck tip out of the body of the tie overhanging said seats, loek- 7 ing blot'ks adapted to engage with one side of the bases of the rails and one of each pair of said lips,'and means for locking said blot-ks and one pair of said lips when said blocks are driven to place.

5. A railway tie forme from a single pit-erof metal having punchings therein anti bent into the form at an inverted U, seats for the rails formed by the downwardly bentintervening sections between said bunt-hings, two pairs of tips st rut-k up out of the body of the tie. own-hanging said seats, locking blot-ks ada t ed to engage with one sideof the. bases of ti and a lug on the lower end surf ace of each of said blOt'hS.

t). A railway tie. formed from a single piece of metal having punehings therein and bent. into the form of an inverted U, seats for the. rails formed by the downwardly bent interie rails and one of each pair of said lips,

'vening sections between said punehings, two pairs of lips strut-k u out of the body of the tie overhanging sait scat-s, loekin blOt'kS a'da ted to engage with one side of t e bases of t \e rails and one of each pair of said lips, means forloeking said blocks and one. pair of said lips when said blocks are driven to place,

and a log on the lower end surface of each of said blocks. I

7. A railway tie formet from a single piece of met a] having punehings therein and bent into the form of an inverted U. seats for the rails formed by the downwardly bent intervening sections between said punchings, two pairs of lips struck up out of the body of the tie overhanging said seats, and tapered looking blocks adapted to be loeked imposition between one side of the bases of the rails and one of each pair; of saidlips.

S. A railway tie comprising a single piece of metal having pimt-hings therein and bent into the form of an inverted U, seats for the rails formed by the downwardly bent, inter vening sections between said pnnehings, two pairs of overhanging crescent shaped li s struck up out of the body of the tie upon tiie outer edges of said punehin s, one of each pair of said lips being ada ted to enga e with one side of the bases of t e rails and locking blocks adapted to engage the opposite side of the bases of the rails and the opposite lips of each pair of said li s.

9. A railway tie Formed from a single piece of metal having ptinchings therein and bent.

' into the form of an inverted U, seats for the rails formed by the downwardly bentintervening sections between said punehings, two

pairs of tips struck up out of the body of the tie overhanging said seats, downwardly extending portions on the four end edges of the tie adapted to engage with the roadbed and revent lateral movement of the tie, and a ottom plate ada )ted to lock with said downwardly extending portions. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN KLUSMEYER.

Witnesses:

J. WM. ELns, E. A. KELLY. 

